Stories written by Jeffrey Tayler

Religious delusions are destroying us: “Nothing more than man-made contrivances of domination and submission”

We managed a year of Charlie Hebdo, Franklin Graham, Ted Cruz, Josh Duggar and more creationism. To sanity in 2016

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Jan 3, 2016 11:00 AM UTC 0
News Religion, Creationism

We need a progressive debate on Islam: This is the right way to counter Donald Trump, and be honest about extremism

Freedom of speech, secularism and equal rights must guide the way we discuss all religions -- and take on bigots

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Dec 27, 2015 10:59 AM UTC 0
Life Religion, Islam, Islamophobia

Religion is the real problem: Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and GOP demonize Muslims, but too afraid to take on the real truth

Republicans are terrific at fearmongering about Muslims. But why won't they, or anyone, take on the actual problem?

Jeffrey Tayler Monday, Dec 21, 2015 10:18 PM UTC 0
Life Religion, Muslims, Editor's Picks

Meet the Fox News atheist — the man Bill O’Reilly calls a fascist and Sean Hannity thinks is evil

Sean Hannity despises him. Actual Fox atheists want his autograph. David Silverman takes the fight to the enemy

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Dec 20, 2015 10:59 AM UTC 0
Life Fox News, Atheism, Religion

Follow Bill Maher’s lead, not Donald Trump: There’s a way to critique ideology behind religion without resorting to hate

The First Amendment protects speech and religion. It can and must be used to critique all religions, without fear

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Dec 13, 2015 10:59 AM UTC 0
News Bill Maher, Donald Trump, Islam

There’s one thing Donald Trump might have right

Trump, Cruz and Carson -- the Triumvirate of GOP Dunces -- are easy to dismiss. Consider listening to them on this

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Dec 6, 2015 10:59 AM UTC 0
All Salon Syria, Muslims, Islam, Religion

Spare us the religious babble: In Paris and the GOP, the faith-deranged are who we need to be saved from

Glib talk about God from preachers and politicians is not needed. Better to separate church and state for real

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Nov 29, 2015 10:58 AM UTC 0
Sustainability Religion, Muslims, Islam

David Brooks’ sanctimonious piffle: Sad trees die for gauzy, Hallmark-card nonsense

Brooks on ISIS, religion is apologetic twaddle that misstates the dangers of fundamentalism. Let's go line by line

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Nov 22, 2015 10:58 AM UTC 0
News David Brooks, New York Times

A liberal plan to defeat ISIS: Here’s how we avoid Ted Cruz’s religious police state

Military intervention is a disaster. Propping up dictators made a mess. Our "allies" play a double game. Now what?

Jeffrey Tayler Thursday, Nov 19, 2015 5:15 PM UTC 0
News Paris, Francois Hollande

You know Ben Carson is crazy, right? Let’s discuss the craziest things he actually believes

The GOP leader, ahead of Hillary by 10 points in one poll, has some crackpot beliefs you might want to know about VIDEO

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Nov 8, 2015 11:00 AM UTC 0
News Video, Ben Carson, Donald Trump

All hail the Satanic Temple: Up close with the brilliant “Satanists” who drive the faith-deranged nuts

Lucien Graves explains the “need for a counterbalance against the dominant religious privilege in America today”

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Nov 1, 2015 10:59 AM UTC 0
News Editor's Picks, aol_on

They really want a theocracy: The GOP candidates who want to make you bow to their lord

GOP wants Christianity as our official religion. Middle East's on fire. Theocrats are marching and must be stopped

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Oct 25, 2015 9:59 AM UTC 0
Life Religion, Editor's Picks, aol_on

Enough Richard Dawkins bashing: Let us praise a hero of science and atheism

Unfollow him on Twitter if you must. But for his courage on faith and brilliance with genetics, we owe him praise

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Oct 4, 2015 10:00 AM UTC 0
News Religion, Atheism, Editor's Picks

Make them shut up about God: The right-wing’s religious delusions are killing us — and them

Carson, Fiorina, Huckabee and Jeb! can't stop spouting insanity about the Lord. Journalists should call them out

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Sep 27, 2015 9:58 AM UTC 0
News Religion, Elections 2016

The right hides behind a fictional Bible: Memo to Ted Cruz and Donald Trump — your favorite book is made up

"The Art of the Deal" might be real but historians think less of the Bible's veracity. Let's not live by it in 2015

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Sep 20, 2015 9:59 AM UTC 0
News Religion, The Bible

Ted Cruz and Kim Davis, true love forever: The right-wing theocracy that threatens the rule of law

Even The Donald knows the law trumps religion. It is time for someone to explain the Constitution to Ted Cruz

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Sep 13, 2015 10:00 AM UTC 0
Life Religion, Kim Davis, Ted Cruz

Bill O’Reilly’s nonsense “nihilism”: Now the Fox News host is even lying about God

The Fox News personality dwells in deep illusion about faith and religion. It’s time we helped him see the light

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Sep 6, 2015 10:00 AM UTC 0
News Bill O'Reilly, Religion, Fox News

The Catholic Church’s mafioso fantasies: Why the Pope really isn’t so different from “The Godfather”

While Christianity has pretensions of piety, its actual behavior would make Don Corleone blush

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Aug 30, 2015 10:00 AM UTC 0
News Christianity, Religion

Hatred is weaponizing Jesus: How violent evangelicals, faith-based con artists & serial abusers are using religion for the purpose of evil

In whatever Christian denomination you choose to look at, you'll find despicable misdeeds left and right

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Aug 23, 2015 10:00 AM UTC 0
News Religion, Christianity

These religious clowns should scare you: GOP candidates’ gullible, lunatic faith is a massive character flaw

Their deluded debate answers removed any remaining doubt: These kooks belong nowhere near the White House

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Aug 16, 2015 10:00 AM UTC 0
Elections Sen. Ted Cruz, Ben Carson

Donald Trump’s incoherent, megalomaniacal religion: Why his courting of evangelicals reveals the depths of his ignorance

As Trump's campaign for the Republican nomination lumbers on, it behooves us to consider his (feigned) faith

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Aug 9, 2015 10:00 AM UTC 0
News Donald Trump, Religion

We must talk about Islam: A faith that affects everyone should be susceptible to critique by all

A new documentary gets the Charlie Hebdo aftermath wrong: Freedom of expression is at stake for us all

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Aug 2, 2015 9:58 AM UTC 0
News Charlie Hebdo, Religion

The religious have gone insane: The separation of church and state — and Scalia from his mind

A "strong and passionate" belief in God does real harm -- look no further than the GOP or the Supreme Court

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Jul 26, 2015 9:59 AM UTC 0
Life Religion, Antonin Scalia

Put away your Bible, Justice: The new “religious freedom” arguments are neither

The faithful want to follow a "higher law" than the Supreme Court. Even some justices. Here's why they're wrong

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Jul 19, 2015 9:59 AM UTC 0
Life Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia

Oh God! The lord’s my sex guru: Pious perverts, quasi-incestuous misogyny and the twisted world of religious sexual repression

Evangelicals are penning sex manuals. The purity movement oddballs are on the move. It's all deeply disturbing

Jeffrey Tayler Sunday, Jul 12, 2015 9:59 AM UTC 0
Life Religion, Love and Sex

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